Shocking allegation follows charges in Odin Lloyd slaying

Aaron Hernandez is now being investigated by Boston city police for a double homicide that occurred in the city last July.

Odin Lloyd, the man Hernandez is accused of killing, may have had knowledge about the former New England Patriots tight end's possible role in it, according to multiple reports.

Meanwhile, Hernandez was in court again Thursday in Fall River, Mass., seeking a change in a judge's order Wednesday that he be held without bail in Lloyd's shooting death. His request was denied, and Hernandez returned to lockup.

Citing law enforcement officials, Boston.com reported Thursday afternoon that investigators now believe Lloyd, who was shot to death near Hernandez's suburban Boston home last week, might have had information on the shooting death of two men at an intersection in Boston's South End after an altercation at a nearby club early in the morning of July 15, 2012. The fight involved two men and a group that included Hernandez, the report said.

— Police released a photo of Ernest Wallace, the person that they believe to be an accessory after the fact in Lloyd's murder. Police issued an alert and wanted poster for Wallace, saying he was considered armed and dangerous, and sought the public's help in tracking down a silver or gray 2012 Chrysler 300 with Rhode Island license plates he was seen driving.

— Puma was the latest company to end its relationship with Hernandez. CytoSport and Muscle Milk have already ended their endorsement deals with the former Patriots tight end.

"The motive might have been that the victim knew (Hernandez) might have been involved," one of the officials told the website, referring to Lloyd.

WFXT-TV in Boston first reported the police's linking of Hernandez to the double murder on Wednesday morning.

Daniel Jorge Correia de Abreu, 29, and Safiro Teixeira Furtado, 28, both of Dorchester, Mass., were pronounced dead at the scene of the 2012 shooting, according to the Boston Police Department's public blog. Another man in the car was hospitalized with gunshot wounds but survived; two other passengers were uninjured.

All of them were riding in a car stopped at the traffic light when an SUV pulled alongside it and someone inside opened fire, the Boston.com story said.

According to CNN, Boston Police have impounded a silver SUV that police have been trying to find, which has ties to the 2012 homicide's scene. This is an SUV that Hernandez was believed to be renting at the time of those killings.

Meanwhile, Hernandez returned to court Thursday to appeal a judge's decision that he be held without bail on charges in Odin's slaying. Investigators search the home of a Hernandez uncle Wednesday in connection with the NFL player's ongoing case.